You have Ethernet coming off the Actiontec now, right? Going into the
desktop PC?
Run that Ethernet into any standard WiFi router instead, which typically
will have one Ethernet port "in" and (usually) four "out" in addition to
WiFi "out".
So if the DSL modem is near the desktop computer, and you're not going to
move the desktop computer, you don't need to add WiFi to the desktop
critter. Come off of one of the router's Ethernet ports to the desktop.
You CAN however convert the desktop to WiFi and then put it somewhere else.
You can use a USB or PCI WiFi adapter in it. The vast majority of either
will work in Linux.
Jim
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 6:25 PM, eculbert <
eculbert@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wife has decreed...wifi!
>
> We have an old actiontec dsl modem that has a card hole on the side filled
> with a plastic insert. Bet I cannot get a card for it as qworst will want to
> sell 'newer' stuff.
>
> Anyway of getting by cheaply other than a trip to Fry's for a new modem?
> Think a card would be cheaper than a whole new modem. IF a newer modem,
> which one?
>
> That is the first question.
>
> Second is my new desktop. To send and receive, I assume I need probably a
> usb stick wifi device. Which is best to get? Or should I pay for a pci card.
> .
>
> 73
> Ed/ke7feg
> Ah, cooler weather finally! April can wait!!
> Golden Years = Our 'Gold' going to medical care!
>
>
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